The Periodization of Slovene and Czech Literatures and the Two Currents in Czech Interwar Literature (A Contribution to a Discussion)

The author discusses the problem of periodization of Slovene and Czech literatures in general and with regard to the 20th-century, interwar period in particular, Pie Czech and Slovene literatures of the interwar developed similar movements and tendencies, but the divergent political and cultural climate and ideological positions (Marxism. Catholicism)gave different results: Czechs had nearly no Catholic dissidents. rather individualities, the same as on the avant-garde or communist side. The liberal democratic and religious and spiritual currents in Czech literature are demonstrated on the comparison of Karel Capek and Jaroslav Durych.